Macro warning when no macros in document

[emhunter]

Does anybody know why Word 97 warns that a document has a macro when there are no macros present? (I have checked the organiser and the Visual Basic Editor for confirmation that there are none).

Anybody know how to fix this?

 

[JustinEzequiel]

happens to me too.
but only when the document previously had macros and I deleted them.
MS word still treats the document as having macros.
my suggestion would be to copy and paste the contents into a blank document and use that instead.

 

[emhunter]

So is there a way to turn off the marker now that there is no macro?

 

[JustinEzequiel]

have not found a way yet.
maybe the others have?

 

[emhunter]

Yes. Save the document in rtf format (.rtf) and then open this and save again as .doc (you are overwriting the old .doc with a new file)

RTF doesn't support macros, but it does support things such as document and custom properties, so it appears that only the macro (and all the supporting bits and pieces) are lost.

 

[Transcend]

Just a note ...

I've had this warning through word 97 before everytime i opened any document - it was a macro virus. Running a virus checker wouldn't be bad idea ..

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[emhunter]

Are you suggesting that a document can have a macro but that macro is nowhere to be found in the project explorer or organiser?

Further, do you have any evidence that macros (of any sort) can survive in the rich text format?

 

[Transcend]

If you mean me ...

I'm saying that I had a macro virus, and it infected the Normal.dot (or whatever it is) template. So any time I opened/created a new .doc file they got infected and I got the warning mentioned above.

Just trying to provide a little friendly warning ... no need to shoot me down.

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[Transcend]

And also no ... macros can't survive in the RTF format ..

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;161515&

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but if a virus does exist it's better to check with some antivirus software surely?

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